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This media project, an initiative by IPS Asia-Pacific,
with support from Ford Foundation, will follow the human side
of the migration phenomenon — the under-reported aspects of the
issue that often take the backseat to reportage focusing on the
economic or labour value of migrant workers.
'Risks and Rewards: Stories from the Philippine Migration'
is a lens through which to assess the gains and costs of a country's
labour migration policy — and holds rich lessons for other nations
and societies as well.
To learn about how to get copies of the book, please drop us
a line at:
ipsasia@ipsnews.net
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ipsasia@loxinfo.co.th
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MIGRATION
BRIEFS
Abuse of Domestic Workers a Shock to Malaysia's Premier
The Malaysian government has issued Nirmala Bonat, an Indonesian maid, an official apology after she was abused by her employer's wife. In the official apology days after the case of abuse was publicised in mid-May, Deputy Internal Security Minister Noh Omar said: "We apologise and wish to extend our sympathies to her and family, who had placed high hopes on her earning an income, but she was abused instead." more
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Sunday, February 19, 2006
MALAYSIA
Loved Ones Lost and Found
by Sutthida Malikaew
KUALA LUMPUR (IPS) — Bedana Khatun fainted as soon as she realised that the person who was reported to have died in a detention camp in Malaysia was her husband.
“The first time his name was called out, I didn’t realise it because it was just similar to his name; but I had a sense that it might be him. When my nephew called and told me, I was stunned and just lost consciousness,” recalled Khatun. That was 13 years ago but Khatun, now 45, remembers that day like yesterday. more
LABOUR-THAILAND
At Home or Abroad, Migrant Workers Get Abused
by Frances Suselo
BANGKOK, Nov 10 (IPS) — Thai domestic workers working overseas risk discrimination as well as physical and verbal abuse — but then so do migrant workers coming to this country. more
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Newspapers, including those that carry ads for work overseas, line the busy and colourful streets of the Indian city of Mumbai. [Photo by: Johanna Son]
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Overseas Filipino Worker [Jose Tence Ruiz]
NEWS, PROCEEDINGS FROM OUR
SEMINAR ON ASIAN MIGRATION
DEVELOPMENT
Netherlands, Denmark ‘Most Committed’
WASHINGTON — The Netherlands and Denmark received top rankings for the second year in a row in the annual Commitment to Development Index (CDI), which is designed to measure the degree to which the world's wealthiest countries pursue policies that benefit the planet's poorest people. more
'Migrants Need Europe, Europe Needs Migrants'
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. head Kofi Annan has urged European states to find ways to better manage migration so it benefits migrants as well as sender countries and receiving states. more
MEXICO
'I'm Still Alive'
MEXICO CITY — Oscar Medrano from Honduras lost a leg and 2,000 dollars — a veritable fortune for a poor, would-be immigrant — in his attempt to make it across Mexico on his way to the United States after paying a “coyote” or people trafficker. more
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